The first cup is decorated on one side with a prunus branch and on the other with a leafy branch, both emerging from the openwork branch-form base, 17th century; the second cup with foliate sides is covered overall with a creamy-white glaze, 17th century; the third cup is also decorated on one side with a prunus branch and on the other with a leafy branch, both emerging from the openwork branch-form base, 19th century.
4³⁄₄ in. (12 cm.) wide; 4¹⁄₈ (10.5 cm.) wide; 3³⁄₄ in. (9.3 cm.) wide

All three cups:
Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858-1937) Collection, Chicago, before 1925.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned as the Collection of Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870-1920) in 1925.

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